Southern Downs QLD Southern Downs Fauna
Southern Downs Bees
Southern Downs Birds
Southern Downs Crustacean
Southern Downs Frogs
Southern Downs Insects
Southern Downs Marsupials
Southern Downs Reptiles
Southern Downs Spiders
With the Australia-wide growing interest in the wildlife around them, the beautiful region of the Southern Downs in Queensland is home to many creatures from insects that include a variety of native bee species to reptiles, birds and other beautiful creatures.
Check out some of the wildlife seen in the Southern Downs (including the Granite Belt) regions. Many thanks to our contributors, with special thanks to Marc Newman .
Southern Downs Bees
Southern Downs Birds
Southern Downs Crustacean
Southern Downs Frogs
Southern Downs Insects
Southern Downs Marsupials
Southern Downs Reptiles
Southern Downs Spiders
Punctate Flower Chafer (Neorrhina punctatum), Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor), Southern Downs QLD © Marc Newman Reed Bee (Braunsapis sp) on Cone Stick, Girraween QLD © Marc Newman Adult Clam Shrimp (Paralimnadia urukhai), Granite Belt QLD © Marc Newman Eastern Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii), Southern Downs QLD © Marc Newman Meroglossa impressifrons penetrata female on Eucalyptus infera removing the operculum from a partially dehised bud, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus), Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman Black Swimmer Beetle (Hemiptera – true bug) – Life in the Gnammas, Girraween QLD © Marc Newman Female Lasioglossum (Homalictus) urbanum on Hebe, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman Red-bellied Black Snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus), Southern Downs QLD © Marc Newman Small Cypress Jewel Beetle (Diadoxus erythrurus) laying eggs, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman Red-necked Wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus), Southern Downs QLD © Marc Newman Xylocopa (Lestis) aeratus on lemon flower – Ballandean, QLD © Marc Newman Tortoise Beetle (Paropsis maculata), Southern Downs QLD © Marc Newman Aquatic Weevil with two small springtails – Life in the Gnammas, Girraween QLD © Marc Newman Amegilla (Asaropoda) rhodoscymna (Red Singer) roosting, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman Tiger Moth (Amata trigonophora), Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman Christmas Beetle (Anoplognathus porosus), Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman Superb Fairy-wrens (Malurus cyaneus), Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman Male Exoneura sp, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman Cunningham’s Skink (Egernia cunninghami), Southern Downs QLD © Marc Newman Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) willsi on Wahlenbergia, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman Bandy Bandy (Vermicella annulata), Southern Downs QLD © Marc Newman Fauna in the Southern Downs © Marc Newman — click image to view full screen
Southern Downs QLD Southern Downs Fauna
Southern Downs Bees
Southern Downs Birds
Southern Downs Crustacean
Southern Downs Frogs
Southern Downs Insects
Southern Downs Marsupials
Southern Downs Reptiles
Southern Downs Spiders
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